Temple at Missouri

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 29, 1931, page 69

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  MISSOURI NO MATCH FOR TEMPLE ELEVEN Beaten 38 to 6 on Soggy Field Before Kansas City Charity Game Crowd of 1000. KANSAS CITY, November 28.-Tempie University of Philadelphia closed notably successful season by overWhelming the Tigers of the University of Missouri, 33 to 6, with a sparkling, va ried repertoire of passes and running plays in their intersectional game here today witnessed by a disappointing charity foot ball crowd of 4,C00. Taken by surprise al the start, the Owls yielded a touchdown the first time Missouri put the ball in play at scrimmage. They tisG the score, how ever. with an equally spectacular dash on the first play after receipt of the ensuing kickoff and then completely submerged the badly battered Tigers on the soggy field. Woodrow Hatfield, halfback from Lamar, Mo, threw a scare into the Owls when he battered through their left tackle and sprinted 81 yards for Missouri’S touchdown. But Ed ZukaS the Owl quarterback. raced around end and streaked 65 yards to the goal for Temples first touch down on the first olav after the kickoff following Missouri’s score. Temple gained 365 yards at scrimr1ase and made 26 first downs against 100 yards and 6 first downs for the Tigers.

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Temple leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.